look mom, no hands...

growing like a plant, and shedding leaves along the way.

6.07.2013

it's been awhile since i've posted anything. mostly because it's been awhile since i've made anything. i'm finding it hard to make something, let alone make something i like. here is something i painted yesterday in a semi-hurry that i half-like, half-dislike. it's a balance, really.

11.04.2012

i made a quick ink drawing a few weeks ago based off of a picture i found on the good ole interweb of some ladies dancing circa 1930. i've had the means to make linoleum block prints since forever and could never think of something worth carving, but this morning i woke up with an urge to create so i turned the drawing into a print.

about an hour later...

first print!

a card...

two hours later...

two hours of work and i have a handful of cards. want one? i'm a big sucker for pen-pal-ing and snail mail in general and i'll be happy to send one (blank or full of hello's from me) your way. just holler.

i think i've found a new hobby. just gotta save up for that printing press! time to start counting my pennies...

p.s. did i mention i gave in and started a tumblr? it's so much easier for quick posts, so there you will find quick sketches i make and short posts straight from my brain. --> strangefamiliarity.tumblr.com !!!

life is finally getting a bit more productive! (i'm not being quite so lazy anymore!) i signed a new lease for moving my business this december, i painted a few new paintings, and i'm drawing more and more. not to say that i still don't watch a good amount of bad television, but that probably can't be helped. you just can't win them all.

a few months ago (well, many months ago) I took a printmaking class. I learned how to make an etching on a zinc plate with acid and stuff that required wearing gloves and goggles and safety things. and I think I want to one day buy a printmaking press... if only... next $600 I find lying on the ground I'm getting one!

here's my first etching:

not too shabby, though I suppose I could have cleaned a bit up. I wish I had more time in class to make more prints, but I did what I could in the weeks I had. etching takes forever! but worth it!

5.16.2012

recently commissioned by a friend to paint a young buck in a scarf for his lady's birthday.

took me awhile to like this one. i fought with myself for awhile about how it looked, but now it's grown on me. best/worst part: the wallpaper. it was a pain to paint it, but makes the whole thing that much better.

here it is a little more saturated so you can actually see the blue on green.